User:ICE77

Introduction
This is my little corner on Wikipedia. Here you can find some information about me.


 * Callsign: ICE77
 * Date: 23 April 1977
 * Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.
 * Zodiac: Taurus / Snake

Biography
I am logical and rational, scientifically-oriented, passional and energetic, strong-willed and detail-oriented.

I am a electrical/computer engineer. I lived in Piedmont (1977-1998), in Michigan (1998-2001), in California (2001-2006), Scotland (2007) and California (2008-).

I speak Piedmontese, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and I am familiar with Japanese.

Education
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Analog Electronics Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Associate of Science in Computer Science Diploma di Geometra
 * San José State University, San José, California, U.S.A.
 * California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, U.S.A.
 * Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Michigan, U.S.A.
 * Istituto Tecnico e Commerciale per Geometri "Enrico Fermi", Cirié (TO), Piedmont, Italy

Experience
Custom design, modification and testing for solutions to be deployed and integrated on boards and products for a strategic key customer.
 * Analog Devices, San José/Milpitas/Santa Clara, California, USA - Applications Engineer (2018-)

Schematic and layout support for power stages used on complex boards with multiple rails
 * Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, California, USA - Power Design Engineer (2016-2018)

Testing and validation of complex multilayer boards with several power supplies
 * Texas Instruments, Sunnyvale, California, USA - Hardware/Power Engineer (2015-2016)

Design of DC/DC converters for high-temperature applications
 * International Rectifier, San José, California, U.S.A. - Senior Electrical Engineer (2014-2015)

Design of DC/DC converters for high-temperature applications
 * International Rectifier, San José, California, U.S.A. - Electronic Design Engineer (2012-2014)

Testing of spinstands, spindles, cartridges, heads and boards
 * Guzik Technical Enterprises, Mountain View, California, U.S.A. – Junior Hardware Engineer (2010)

Technical support for IBM/Lenovo desktops and laptops Technical support for MGE UPS Systems products Problem determination, analysis and resolution for hardware and software
 * IBM, Greenock, Scotland, U.K. – Technical Support Specialist (2007)

Processing of records associated to international sales of company products and services by means of an Oracle database
 * Cisco Systems, San José, California, U.S.A. - Data Mapper (2005)

Teaching, helping, assisting students with integral and differential calculus
 * Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Michigan, U.S.A. - Math Tutor (2000)

Surveying lands, creating maps, manipulating data for civil engineering companies and single private parties
 * Esagon, Torino, Italy - Technical Assistant (1996-1997)

Languages
Piedmontese Italian English Spanish Portuguese Japanese

Interests
Music, mathematics, physics, electronics, astronomy, aeronautics, photography, history, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek mythology, beekeeping, chess, five-pin billiard, Dungeons & Dragons, baseball, Formula 1, MotoGP, soccer, hiking, jogging, space exploration, traveling, collections, medieval castles, cooking.

Visited countries
Italy Switzerland (1977) Vatican (1984) France (1989) Monaco (1995) U.S.A. (1996) Canada (1999) Austria (2003) San Marino (2006) Spain (2006) Portugal (2006) Gibraltar (2006) U.K. (2007) Greece (2009) Ireland (2016)

Various

 * Instruments: keyboards, guitars and harmonicas
 * Programming: LabVIEW, Java, C++ and HTML

Favourites

 * Bands: The Beatles, Pooh, Eagles, Queen, AC/DC, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Gotthard and Oasis
 * Song: Givin' yourself away by Ratt
 * Heroes: Leonardo, Newton, Mozart
 * Team: Cleveland Indians
 * Movies: Terminator, Back to the Future, Top Gun
 * Cars: Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40, Lotus Esprit, Lexus IS 300, BMW E36 M3 and 3rd-generation Chevrolet Camaro
 * Guitars: Taylor, Fender, Ibanez and Gibson

Websites

 * http://www.ice77.net